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Apple Touts New Apple Books Features (in iOS 13?)

23 June, 201923 June, 2019e-Reading Software, iBooks2 Comments

Apple sent out an email on Saturday touting new features in the Apple Apple Books app, but it's not clear that they have updated the app itself (the last...

Apple Books to Get “Reading Goals” Feature

4 June, 20194 June, 2019e-Reading Software, iBooks4 Comments

Yesterday Apple announced changes to the iPad's OS that will positively affect how you can use the iPad to create. That was cool, but it's not the only thing...

With the Launch of iPadOS, Apple Finally Starts to Un-Hobble the iPad

4 June, 20194 June, 2019e-Reading Hardware, e-Reading Software, iDevice2 Comments

For the longest time now users have complained that software on the iPad was crippled compared to macOS or Windows while at the same time Apple has insisted the...

Apple is Killing iTunes – When’s the Parade?

3 June, 20193 June, 2019e-Reading Software, iTunes7 Comments

Right up until Apple started screwing up the Macbook, iTunes was everyone's favorite go-to example of how Apple makes terrible product decisions. That app was a bloated mess which...

Apple News+! Was “Made By Someone Who Doesn’t Read”

25 April, 201925 April, 2019Apple, iTunesOne Comment

Digital magazines are not a new concept. They have been around since the first tech bubble (if not longer). Furthermore, Apple's recently acquired subsidiary Texture has a decade of...

Oprah to Launch New Book Club on Apple’s Apple TV Plus!

25 March, 201925 March, 2019AppleLeave a comment

The tail end of Apple's launch event for its new Apple TV Plus! service included an announcement that might be of interest to readers. It seems the partnership that...

iPad Mini (2019) Features Pencil Support, A12 Bionic CPU, Costs $399 and Up

18 March, 201918 March, 2019Apple, e-Reading Hardware4 Comments

On Monday Apple announced the 5th-gen iPad Mini. The 2019 received a much needed specs boost; it now runs on the same A12 Bionic chip found in the new...

Apple’s New iPad Air Costs $499, Sports a 10.5″ Screen

18 March, 201918 March, 2019Apple, e-Reading Hardware5 Comments

Apple disappointed analysts in their recent quarterly report, and today they responded in their usual fashion. They launched a new tablet model. The new iPad Air is a 10.5"...

Artists Perform in Apple Stores, Get Paid in Merchandise

17 March, 201917 March, 2019Apple3 Comments

The following story is going to incite rage in certain circles. KQED reports that Apple doesn't pay artists that perform in its stores. Instead, it gives them AirPods. For...

How to Add Books to Your iPad and iPhone Without Connecting to iTunes

3 March, 20194 March, 2019iBooks, iDevice, iTunes, Kindle (platform), Tips and Tricks5 Comments

Adding third-party ebooks to Apple Books or one of the other ebook apps on your iDevice used to be quite painful. You had to use one of Apple's proprietary...

iPod Touch References Found in Apple Source Code – What, Again?

30 January, 201930 January, 2019e-Reading Hardware, iDevice, RumorsOne Comment

The hot Apple story this week is speculation that Apple might release a new iPod Tuch to replace the four-year-old model. From TechRadar: If newly unearthed code in iOS...

Apple’s Latest Deals Raise Possibility of Apple Books App Coming to Android

11 January, 201911 January, 2019Apple4 Comments

For the longest time now optimists have been hoping that Apple would launch the iBooks app on other platforms. Given Apple's long-standing policy of only offering their services on...

Apple & Audible Release Six Public Domain Audiobooks for Free

18 December, 201818 December, 2018Audiobook, Freebies, iBooks3 Comments

Apple kicked off a new ebook marketing push yesterday with a new affiliate toolbox, and as part of that marketing effort it has also released six audiobooks in partnership...

Apple Releases New Apple Books Affiliate Marketing Toolbox

17 December, 201817 December, 2018iBooksOne Comment

One of Amazon's great strengths in the book market and elsewhere is its affiliate program. It's just easier to use an Amazon affiliate link than to use one linking...

Pages Now Publishes Directly to Apple Books

9 November, 20189 November, 2018Apple, e-Reading Software, iBooks AuthorOne Comment

Apple is now promoting their word processing app with the pitch that you can use it to publish a book to Apple Books: Publish your book directly to Apple...

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